Job #3: Literature Connections

 This may be an odd comparison, but most of the story reminds me of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Hear me out, when Peyton is in the water, he seems to completely defy death. There are bullets flying past him, bullets landing on him underwater, and he even manages to escape the murderous cannonball charge. This is very similar to the many times that Captain Jack Sparrow dodges bullets, almost gets hit by cannonballs, yet doesn't, and narrowly avoids sword swings. Even when Jack Sparrow escapes imprisonment it reminds me of when Peyton's rope "snaps."

    To further my point, when Peyton is walking through the forest, everything seems surreal, the moon is shining bright, the stars are out (even though they're unfamiliar), and the whole forest is silent, creating a foreboding and unrealistic atmosphere. This reminds me of the scene when Elizabeth Swan is on the crew of the dead. The atmosphere's are very similar, there's a bright moon and the stars are gleaming, everything is cast in a bluish light, and there's overall a very surreal and unrealistic vibe going on. 

Job #2, Thinking Question

My question is whether or not y'all think that Peyton has any military experience himself. He seems incredibly casual when asking the Federal soldier if there's anything he could do if he managed to outmaneuver the sentries. Peyton actually seems to be very confident that he'll be able to get past the guards. Then, when in the water, Peyton says "the next time they will use a charge of grape," meaning he has some sort of knowledge about weaponry of that era.

Line Illuminator

     "As Peyton Fahrquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost consciousness and was as one already dead. From this state he was awakened—ages later, it seemed to him—by the pain of a sharp pressure upon his throat, followed by a sense of suffocation. Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward through every fiber of his body and limbs. These pains appeared to flash along well defined lines of ramification and to beat with an inconceivably rapid periodicity. They seemed like streams of pulsating fire heating him to an intolerable temperature...."

    ".... He had come to the surface facing down the stream; in a moment the visible world seemed to wheel slowly round, himself the pivotal point, and he saw the bridge, the fort, the soldiers upon the bridge, the captain, the sergeant, the two privates, his executioners." 

    

I actually have 2 questions regarding these lines and what lies between. First of all, how on earth did Peyton allegedly awake from the state of unconsciousness? Due to the sudden lack of blood flow to the brain when circulation is cut off by a rope, it would have been impossible for Peyton to have wakened from unconsciousness while still swinging on the rope. On top of that, in most cases, a man who is hung actually dies from the initial tightening of the rope because it breaks their neck. Strangulation being the cause of death is rare. So how did Peyton not only seemingly fall unconscious while falling, then wake up to the noose tightening?

    Secondly, it seems like Peyton is underneath the water for an unreasonable amount of time. Taking into the account the strangulation caused by the noose, and the fact that "he swung through unthinkable arcs of oscillation, like a vast pendulum," (which I might add would probably take at least 10-15 seconds to go through several arcs), as well as the amount of time it would have to have taken to free his hands, rip the noose, off, and then surface, it's almost impossible he would have had enough lung capacity to not slip into unconsciousness while underwater. However, despite these seemingly obvious clues I had no idea that Peyton was already dead.

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